On a brighter note.. I just saved 15% by switching to Geico. But I'm a little conflicted because with Liberty Mutual you only pay for what you need. 
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Lake Mead water ... What will California do when it's gone??
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I mentioned a couple above, by they have to do with urban water use, which grapedrink I think rightly stated was a small percentage of overall use, agriculture being the biggest user. Agriculture will eventually have to adapt to new realities. Maybe grow dates instead of almonds?Ok, we've been watching it for 7 years and done nothing to remediate the situation. What actions could we take? I already minimize my lawn watering and I shower once a week whether I need it or not
We've been watching CNN's Stanley Tucci "Searching for Italy." The most interesting segment, for me, was when he interviewed some young farmers in Umbria, who were already crossing a drought and heat resistant tomato (with no taste) with a tasty variety to get a drought resistant tasty tomato. Not waiting for the crisis to get worse but getting ahead of the curve.
The sleeping giant woke up.
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Also, a different generation.
Have you read about the 442nd? The Japanese American regiment recruited from the internment camps? Do you think an aggrieved population today would have their reaction to injustice?
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Right, they're going to shut off the water to ag as they've been doing. It's a $50 billion/year industry, which is only 2% of the state's GDP. The real source of its GDP is its people. I guess we're a big FIRE state now and, of course, we can always grow ed/government.
We were talking about 1776, not the Second World War.
HB just gave desalination a big NO
When was the last time CA built a water reservoir?
All the smart assholes in Sacramento waste our money on stupid sh!t (like high speed trains that go to nowhere)
Total Urban water usage in the state is less than 10%
So if every resident works on cutting water usage by 15% we'll be sitting pretty
When was the last time CA built a water reservoir?
All the smart assholes in Sacramento waste our money on stupid sh!t (like high speed trains that go to nowhere)
Total Urban water usage in the state is less than 10%
So if every resident works on cutting water usage by 15% we'll be sitting pretty
Cut back on water waste. Sorry, no more laws. Design houses, parking lots, streets, sidewalks, etc. to save a lot of the rainwater runoff. Most rainwater runoff will push sewage to filtering and processing plants for water recycling. Every house should have rainwater storage of a few thousand gallons, under the house. Rain that runs off the roof and concrete walkways, driveways, and margins around the house, channel water down drains for storage and filtration, under the house. We should start soaking up rainwater like a sponge.
It usually rains after I wash my cars.
Those preaching population growth are spot on. We aren’t getting any less or more rain than the previous century. El Niños and drought patterns have have more or less always been the same, the difference is the massive suck on the resources over the past 50 years that have caused the problem. If they keep building and people keep coming to suck off a finite resource we are doomed, which is pretty much the case already. Seems pretty fucking obvious.
How many desal plants and reactors could we have built for the $100 billion we spent on that?
TFRs for American women are below replacement. Our population growth is due to immigration. Something like 25% of the US population is foreign-born. Can I put you down as as immigration restrictionist?
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Its amazing when you fly, how much of this country is undeveloped. People are like sheep and like to live in crowded spaces.
Like going grocery shopping. The whole dam family has to stand in line while Mom has done all the shopping, yapping away.
The problem is how to earn a living out in flyover country. You're not going to compete with agribusiness on cash crops that lose money most years. You can grow niche crops or organic but you have to sell to restaurants. Mining is another option. How do you earn a living in the boonies when most of our economy is FIRE and professional services, whatever the hell that means?